GNU bug report logs - #888
23.0.60; window height 2 too small (after splitting)

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Message #15 received at 888 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 888 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#888: 23.0.60; window height 2 too small (after splitting)
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:22:54 +0200

> Manually resize the frame so that it is only a few lines high.
>  
> Do almost anything that would normally display another buffer, whether
> in the same window or by splitting the window. For example, do C-h f
> display buffer or do C-x C-b.
>  
> You get an error message with the subject line, and no buffer is
> displayed. In fact, I tried to send a bug report with the same small
> frame size, and the *mail* buffer got filled with (only) the error
> message.
>  
> This is worse than useless, and represents a regression. If the window
> cannot be split for some reason, then Emacs should do as it did
> before: either use the same window or create a new frame.

I checked in a fix.  Please try again.

martin

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